By Gbenga Sodeinde
Promotion interview for public Secondary School teachers in Ekiti State will hold between 18th and 26th April, 2022.
The Chairman Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Hon. Babatunde Abegunde who made this known in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with Coordinating Principals, said that teachers that were due for promotion in 2020 and 2021 were eligible for the exercise.
Speaking through the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Alani Daramola, the TESCOM Chairman stated that the interview would commence at 9am each day at six designated centers in Ado, Ikere, Aisegba, Ikole, Aramoko and Ido Ekiti.
According to him, affected teachers are to attend the interview with the original copies of their credentials, receipts of purchase of APER
forms, job card, Commission/Teachers manual and public service rules.
Reiterating the commitment of the Fayemi led administration to merit based appointments and advancements, Abegunde advised teachers
preparing for the interview to familiarize themselves with the public service rules and the teachers’ manual, stressing that they must also
be properly dressed while appearing before the interview panels.
He said that the focus is to ensure that only professionally competent teachers are entrusted to nurture school-age children in the State in
order to secure their future.
Abegunde stressed the need for School Principals to mentor their teachers as well as properly interact with their pupils, adding that there should also be appropriate interactions with parents including
using the Parents/Teachers Associations to enable an apt feedback mechanism on the progress or challenges of the students.
Responding, the Coordinating Principal for Emure Local Government, Mr. Akinbode Oke lauded the commitment of Governor Kayode Fayemi to the
welfare of teachers in the State and pledged on behalf of his colleagues to continue to give in their best to justify the confidence reposed in them.